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abandoned somewhat by the government. not absorbed in the private enterprise system in any way that they should be, considering all the skills that they have. so that was the kind of context of the piece. and he is a guy who wanted to portray the human side of that. so there is a story in there about his wife finding him with a bottle of ambien pills and his gun and his pistol one night, contemplating suicide. >> yeah. the thing is about how he wanted to be a sniper. he is a good shot, obviously. he is very effective. what is a sniper supposed to do when he leaves the service? what is the next -- what is the plan prepare you for in making a living, which you have to do because he didn't get a retirement. >> chris, keep in mind, there are a lot of snipers in the military. aside from being a sniper, he is a navy s.e.a.l. and aside from being a navy s.e.a.l., he is s.e.a.l. team 6. it's the highest level of training, the highest level of classification, the highest secrecy level there is. so he learns all sorts of things. he
abandoned somewhat by the government. not absorbed in the private enterprise system in any way that they should be, considering all the skills that they have. so that was the kind of context of the piece. and he is a guy who wanted to portray the human side of that. so there is a story in there about his wife finding him with a bottle of ambien pills and his gun and his pistol one night, contemplating suicide. >> yeah. the thing is about how he wanted to be a sniper. he is a good shot,...
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the government doesn't do a very good job of doing that effectively or efficiently. we need people back to work in this country and the president continues to take his eye off that ball and focusing on just about everything than jobs and the commit. >> the senate has a number of jobs, one of which is to vote on the president's candidates. lindsey graham has just said he will lock the nomination. >> i plan to vote against chuck hagel. anyone who has watched his testimony saw testimony that was weak and wobbly and can't feel great confidence in chuck hagel in the role as secretary of defense. when you look at his long history and statements he continueses to crack dict himself. >> do you believe he'll be conformed? >> we are looking for more information. we have suggested that a number of additional speech that is we want to read that he's given, sources of income we want to delve into, and we're still looking for that information. >> do you agree with critics who say it is unprecedented the kind of information you have been asking for, that no nominee previously has b
the government doesn't do a very good job of doing that effectively or efficiently. we need people back to work in this country and the president continues to take his eye off that ball and focusing on just about everything than jobs and the commit. >> the senate has a number of jobs, one of which is to vote on the president's candidates. lindsey graham has just said he will lock the nomination. >> i plan to vote against chuck hagel. anyone who has watched his testimony saw...
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government. enter former fbi agent turned anti-islam activists john gordolo. his reason for why john brennan should not be cia director, of course, he's a secret muslim. >> he has interwoven his life, profaftionally and personally, with individuals that we know are terrorists and he has given them access to not only senior leaders inside the government, but has given them access to the national security council, the national security staff. he has brought known hamas and muslim brotherhood operatives into those positions of government. plt brennan did convert to islam when he served in an official capacity on behalf of the united states in saudi arabia. his conversion to islam was the culmination of a counterintelligence operation against him, to recruit him. >> there you have it. john brennan secretly converted to islam while on the job in saudi arabia. he's been helping terrorists, of course, that guy says, get federal jobs ever since. wow. what's wrong with this picture? here is a snapshot of the mississippi supreme court on friday. yes, you are looking at
government. enter former fbi agent turned anti-islam activists john gordolo. his reason for why john brennan should not be cia director, of course, he's a secret muslim. >> he has interwoven his life, profaftionally and personally, with individuals that we know are terrorists and he has given them access to not only senior leaders inside the government, but has given them access to the national security council, the national security staff. he has brought known hamas and muslim...
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government and the chinese government. the chinese government continues to deny that they have any role in sponsoring these hacking teams. while the u.s. intelligence and security experts are saying that, in fact, the chinese government is behind this. so, you know, as far as the diplomacy is concerned, it is a very delicate, touchy issue. >> and with china continuing to deny this. and with this new evidence and new report, congressman mike rodgers saying the report is completely consistent with the type of activity that the intelligence committee has been seeing for some time here. what is the likely next step? >> well, one of the steps that we saw last week during the state of the union, the president said he signed an executive order on cyberauthority. and this is to protect the power grid, experts say if hackers were able to get ahold of the power grid's computer network, the power could go out in parts of the country for hours or even days. so it's really up to congress in some ways to create -- pass legislation to se
government and the chinese government. the chinese government continues to deny that they have any role in sponsoring these hacking teams. while the u.s. intelligence and security experts are saying that, in fact, the chinese government is behind this. so, you know, as far as the diplomacy is concerned, it is a very delicate, touchy issue. >> and with china continuing to deny this. and with this new evidence and new report, congressman mike rodgers saying the report is completely...
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this runs completely counter to conventional wisdom wrosh it was bloomberg government's defense analyst rob levinson who broke out these numbers, but the conventional wisdom up until now has been that democrats are worried about the social spending side of the sequester cuts, and republicans are worried about the defense side. what this study showed is the democrats actually had a lot on the line, democratic congressmen do, in the potential sequester cuts, which ought to be leveraged to try to protect some of those districts, although this hasn't gotten a lot of attention. i think as we move forward and these cuts kick in, and most people do think that the sequester cuts are going to take effect, i think you'll start to see some of the information bubble up as the two parties finally get together and try to negotiate some kind of more reasonable series of cuts that won't have quite the economic damage. >> that seems like a pretty massive oversight. if you don't as a democrat realize that these defense cuts are happening in your own backyard, governor. we have five days to go on this. >>
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you isolate a tea party that says it wants small government on the one hand, but really object because -- >> cutting back -- >> cutting back for children who through no fault of their own were born here. rick perry of all people tried to make that comment. what happened? they shot hem down. idealogically and politically it may not be a bad move for obama. smoke them out. make them state just how committed they are to this. yeah. >> really quickly, ari. the other thing is that this whole process, we know the president said this is going to inflame passions, but can the gop debt get through this whout putting their collective foot in their mouth, which is to say it stokes the ayre of passions both in the progressive community and the conservative community and will any -- if they do make it an actual reform, does the rhetoric and resistance that will inevitably come from certain parties of the gop negate the fact that they make on actual policy? >> rubio has the same problem that lindsey graham has, which is can you do enough fire-breathing obama attacks to earn yourself any space to do
you isolate a tea party that says it wants small government on the one hand, but really object because -- >> cutting back -- >> cutting back for children who through no fault of their own were born here. rick perry of all people tried to make that comment. what happened? they shot hem down. idealogically and politically it may not be a bad move for obama. smoke them out. make them state just how committed they are to this. yeah. >> really quickly, ari. the other thing is that...
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he's not asking for bigger government. he's asking for smarter government. >> that's exactly right. effective and efficient. >> why have so many republicans responded by using the tired old lines from mitt romney's campaign that were so comprehensively rejected by the electorate? we have marco rubio in his rebuttal actually accusing the president of the exact opposite of the content of his speech last night 37. >> it is amazing. and yet again, i just wish the -- i wish our republican friends would put their political hats to the side and keep in mind that we've been sent here to do a job. the american people want us to lift their lives up and not make life more difficult for them. there's so many people, martin, who are struggling right now. and there are little things that the government can do to help them. they're not looking for a handout. they're just looking for a hand to get them through this storm. by the way, i was also glad to hear the president talk about getting our troops out of afghanistan. i thought that was very, very significant. and what he said about the gun and g
he's not asking for bigger government. he's asking for smarter government. >> that's exactly right. effective and efficient. >> why have so many republicans responded by using the tired old lines from mitt romney's campaign that were so comprehensively rejected by the electorate? we have marco rubio in his rebuttal actually accusing the president of the exact opposite of the content of his speech last night 37. >> it is amazing. and yet again, i just wish the -- i wish our...
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it was filibusters by people like rand and we have the record, we know it was about governing. not just politicking. and not just a lie, so they make it look like it was all a machination, they have had support since 2010. >> it is not just me who thought that the response was half baked. let's listen to george will on this. >> were you struck on how over the top marco rubio's response was to this? i mean it was a draft, the white house was not putting it out. he came out blazing on this. >> i would like to see the details on what he finds in it that is offensive or left out or that is important to add to it. in that sense, it strikes me as this may tell us something about the many conflicting pressures on marco rubio, he has been on the cover of time, called the savior of the republican party. i am sure he has heard from some in the republican party that don't want to be saved with the kind of immigration reform he has in mind. >> i think it does show the pressure, the nature of it, oh, we have to get something out right away. >> rubio is in a weird position, he has been given
it was filibusters by people like rand and we have the record, we know it was about governing. not just politicking. and not just a lie, so they make it look like it was all a machination, they have had support since 2010. >> it is not just me who thought that the response was half baked. let's listen to george will on this. >> were you struck on how over the top marco rubio's response was to this? i mean it was a draft, the white house was not putting it out. he came out blazing on...
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if funding the government was actually up to republicans? according to their theory, since all taxes are bad, a republican congress and republican president should cut taxes down to zero. >> it's a very simple equation. tax increases destroy jobs. >> since taxes destroy jobs, the only logical tax rate for the republican party in washington to support would be zero. on everything. personal income, capital gains, gasoline, every single federal tax rate should be zero. that is the logic of the republican position. in the world in which this guy is considered the leadi ining intellectual of the anti-tax movement, if washington had no democrats, taxes could never go up. they could only go down and they'd eventually go to zero or just low enough to pay for the defense department and nothing else. right? i mean, that's 21st century republicanism. or is it? if you want to see a world with no democrats, there's no better place to go than wyoming. the state's entire congressional delegation is republican. that's two senators and only one congressman.
if funding the government was actually up to republicans? according to their theory, since all taxes are bad, a republican congress and republican president should cut taxes down to zero. >> it's a very simple equation. tax increases destroy jobs. >> since taxes destroy jobs, the only logical tax rate for the republican party in washington to support would be zero. on everything. personal income, capital gains, gasoline, every single federal tax rate should be zero. that is the...
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there's one -- we essentially make the government their leverage. they say they need to get at least this much of the profit, and if we don't see a huge disemployment affect from that, then it's probably a pretty good idea. yes, to marco rubio's point, to speaker yon boehner's point, it's not a solution to the problems of our economy, but it is one thing we can do that helps very, very low skill workers, people at the bottom of the income ladder, get a little bit more from what are at this moment very profitable, very profitable period in corporate profits. >> it's not just about a little bit more because that's a good idea. if you look at -- i mean, one in three american families is living near poverty. i mean, the census number -- the number of american families that are basically living on the brink of the powerhouse, as we cut programs to help the poor and the needy, is rather staggering when you look at, again, corporate profits. demos did a great study and looked at the impact of raising the minimum wage on workers, and effectively, if wal-mar
there's one -- we essentially make the government their leverage. they say they need to get at least this much of the profit, and if we don't see a huge disemployment affect from that, then it's probably a pretty good idea. yes, to marco rubio's point, to speaker yon boehner's point, it's not a solution to the problems of our economy, but it is one thing we can do that helps very, very low skill workers, people at the bottom of the income ladder, get a little bit more from what are at this...
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let's see what the government says today. clearly hugo chavez is not doing well enough to be able to either walk down the steps of the escalator, of the airport -- airplane or even maybe to speak, so there's a lot of questions underway. remember, he has to be sworn in because from his last re-election, the constitution said he had to be sworn in in venezuela, and because he was in cuba, that didn't happen. we'll see now what the next step is for a government that really right now is on very shady constitutional grounds. >> indeed. jose diaz ballart from telemundo, thank you very much. alan gomez, again, congratulations. great scoop. >> what do immigration reform advocates have to say? jan, president of the nation's largest hispanic civil rights group joining us next. and later, will the vatican call an earlier conclave? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. for tapping into a wealth of experience. for access to one of the top wealth management firms in the country. for a team of financial professionals who
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government personnel from benghazi 12 hours after the initial attack and squintly to ramstein air force base in germany was the result of exceptional u.s. government coordination and military response and helped save the lives of two severely wounded americans. here is the president. >> it is great to be in georgia. great to be in decatur. you know, i can't imagine a more romantic way to spend valentine's day than with all of you, with all the press here, and actually michelle says hello. she made me promise to get back in time for our date tonight. that's important. that's important. i have already got a gift. i got the flowers. i was telling folks the flowers are a little easier, though, because i got this rose garden. a lot of people keeping flowers around. i want to -- i want to acknowledge a few people that are here. first of all, congressman hank johnson is here. your mayor logic baskette is here. another mayor you may know, kasim reid, snuck in here. i want to acknowledge the decatur school board, and, of course, i want to thank mary for the wonderful introduction and for teachin
government personnel from benghazi 12 hours after the initial attack and squintly to ramstein air force base in germany was the result of exceptional u.s. government coordination and military response and helped save the lives of two severely wounded americans. here is the president. >> it is great to be in georgia. great to be in decatur. you know, i can't imagine a more romantic way to spend valentine's day than with all of you, with all the press here, and actually michelle says hello....
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>> i think he governs from the left. i think he's a populist progressive who governs from the left, yes. i think that's right. >> is he tyrannical? is he a socialist? >> i don't think he's tyrannical, and i doubt he's a socialist. >> thank you. then you recognize reality. >> that's kind of my deal. >> john usually recognizes reality. >> he's not going to play this game. he's throwing the ball out and saying, you guys play that game. he's not going to defend that strawman tactic. >> it's a mirage. it turns out that running against a mirage out there in the desert makes you thirsty and you need to -- >> okay. you guys are cruel. you're a pr guy. a good sense of that word, steve mcmahon. i say you only get one reputation. i'm still paying for thrill up my leg. you do these things. you do something out of the ordinary, and it doesn't go away. is he stuck with that? >> i worked for howard dean, a guy that i love -- >> and what do people remember about howard dean? >> that's what they remember about him, standing on the stage
>> i think he governs from the left. i think he's a populist progressive who governs from the left, yes. i think that's right. >> is he tyrannical? is he a socialist? >> i don't think he's tyrannical, and i doubt he's a socialist. >> thank you. then you recognize reality. >> that's kind of my deal. >> john usually recognizes reality. >> he's not going to play this game. he's throwing the ball out and saying, you guys play that game. he's not going to...
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senate, fundamentals of american government. folks, you've got to learn it and this guy has been on all sides of it. all right, our gaggle will be here next. if love really means never having to say you're sorry, then capitol hill is overflowing with love. we'll get into the zeal against deals and the chances for some of this change. but first, white house soup of the day. loaded potato. it's a loaded agenda. don't forget, check out our website, rundown.msnbc.com. we'll be right back. [ whispering ] i've always preferred the crème part of an oreo. [ whispering ] that's crazy, the cookie's the best part. crème. cookie. crème. stop yelling. you stop yelling. [ whispering ] both of you stop yelling. [ whispering ] i'm trying to read. [ male announcer ] choose your side at oreo.com. tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. e-trade. less for us. more for
senate, fundamentals of american government. folks, you've got to learn it and this guy has been on all sides of it. all right, our gaggle will be here next. if love really means never having to say you're sorry, then capitol hill is overflowing with love. we'll get into the zeal against deals and the chances for some of this change. but first, white house soup of the day. loaded potato. it's a loaded agenda. don't forget, check out our website, rundown.msnbc.com. we'll be right back. [...
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>> i find it offensive that the head of our government would give a speech to anyone else in the government that was so pro government. >> hitler, stalin, mao, castro, none of them were blamed. >> did you catch marco rubio's response to the state of the union. >> this is their chance to reimpress the american people. >> the self-deportation of marco rube yos's saliva to the outside of his mouth to the outside of his face. this can't end well. >> the top ten things going through his mind. >> i needed water. what am i going to do? >> that looked presidential, right? >> it would have been less awkward if he reached down the front of his pants to do it. >> always maintaining eye contact with the home viewer. >> could this be the new watergate. >> he had dry mouth. >> there's barack obama. there's hillary clinton, and they're all taking drinks of water during speeches. gee took it right to obama. >> this was the best post-state of the union address. >> that we only care about rich people. >> republicans are stuck responding to have the fictional image of obama that they've created. >> mr. presid
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it was our own government. like dick cheney, the president, the defense secretary. they were the ones telling us things that were not true to get us to start a war. it was not that long ago. this is our first preview clip from the new msnbc documentary that's going to premiere on monday about how that deception went down and whether we have learned from it and whether we might be susceptible to the same kind of thing again if anybody ever tries to do that to us again. watch. >> atta, mohammed atta.
it was our own government. like dick cheney, the president, the defense secretary. they were the ones telling us things that were not true to get us to start a war. it was not that long ago. this is our first preview clip from the new msnbc documentary that's going to premiere on monday about how that deception went down and whether we have learned from it and whether we might be susceptible to the same kind of thing again if anybody ever tries to do that to us again. watch. >> atta,...
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he's introducing big government, more big government, to the states. >> is this proposal to your mind for republicans like yourself, is this dead on arrival which is what would seem to be suggested by stewart varny's rhetoric there or do you think that this is something you want to see republicans work on the details of to get -- identify a funding stream reliable and make sure the details are right which of those past-forward? >> in the attempts of overall plan to reduce deficit and did he begin to balance our budget i don't think any new federal program will be very well receive order the republican side or quite frankly, on the democratic side. and remember this, in georgia, we found a source of funding before we started the 4-year-old pre-kindergarten program. used a voucher program. we used public schools where the -- public schools had the classrooms available. we put together a very flexible program that was paid for. and if we are going to have a federal program we immediate to inspire the local systems to come up with the money to fund that program and motivate them to do so.
he's introducing big government, more big government, to the states. >> is this proposal to your mind for republicans like yourself, is this dead on arrival which is what would seem to be suggested by stewart varny's rhetoric there or do you think that this is something you want to see republicans work on the details of to get -- identify a funding stream reliable and make sure the details are right which of those past-forward? >> in the attempts of overall plan to reduce deficit...
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>> well, i think we certainly have to worry about whether the new south korean government is going to take a hard or soft line stance towards the north. i think that given that this is right in their face, they will take a harder line, and there they have to just coordinate closely with the united states and with other parties on the security council to insure that everybody has the same message going to north korea. >> bottom line, do you think this is going to be another case of empty rhetoric from the u.n., angry words, no effective action, and this young leader is going off in a very tough direction, proving that he is the biggest dog in town? >> i certainly hope not. i mean, i think with the rocket test last december, successful rocket test and with what looks like the successful nuclear test, we are really crossing a new threshold in terms of the security threat posed by north korea. not just to regional neighbors, but to the united states, and so i think the administration here as well as in the other countries really have to get serious. >> thank you very much. wish we didn't
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the politics in israel, you could have a moderate government or a centrist government, but they have to appeal to the far right on so many issues, and the far right, maybe the far left to some extent, tend to run those parties. thank you, ron reagan and james warren. thanks for that reporting from chicago and new york. >>> up next, the culture wars from guns to gay marriage. different sides winning on different fronts i think, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we've got a new poll in the massachusetts senate race. let's check the "hardball" scoreboard. the poll by wbur up there has congressman ed markey out front of fellow congressman steven lynch in the massachusetts senate democratic primary. ed is up by seven points. 38% to 31%. both are hoping to replace john kerry who is now secretary of state. the winner will have a big advantage in heavily democratic massachusetts. most of those polled have never even heard of the two republicans running for the seat. we'll be right back. @ñ >> we're back. it's no secret that politicians pander their bases all of the time. i
the politics in israel, you could have a moderate government or a centrist government, but they have to appeal to the far right on so many issues, and the far right, maybe the far left to some extent, tend to run those parties. thank you, ron reagan and james warren. thanks for that reporting from chicago and new york. >>> up next, the culture wars from guns to gay marriage. different sides winning on different fronts i think, and this is "hardball," the place for politics....
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the politics in israel you could have a moderate government or a centrist government but they have to appeal to the far right on so many issues and the far right, maybe the far left to some extent, tend to run those parties. thank you, ron reagan and john mccain warren. thanks for that reporting from chicago and new york. >>> up next, the culture wars from guns to gay marriage. different sides winning on different fronts i think, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. co
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government right now who is leaking things to the press to try to get us to go to war in syria. someone described as an obama administration official is leaking things to make it seem like syria has crossed red lines to make us get involved in that war. if sear uyria does not react strongly -- there is no proof that syria is using chemical weapons. someone inside the administration right now has been trying to make it seem like there are wmd's in syria and syria is using them and we have to get into that war because of that. sound familiar? the difference is that it is the official line of the administration this time that we should be cautious. the last time that we
government right now who is leaking things to the press to try to get us to go to war in syria. someone described as an obama administration official is leaking things to make it seem like syria has crossed red lines to make us get involved in that war. if sear uyria does not react strongly -- there is no proof that syria is using chemical weapons. someone inside the administration right now has been trying to make it seem like there are wmd's in syria and syria is using them and we have to get...
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the politics in israel, you could have a moderate government or a centrist government, but they have to appeal to the far right on so many issues, and the far right, maybe the far left to some extent, tend to run those parties. thank you, ron reagan and james warren. thanks for that reporting from chicago and new york. >>> up next, the culture wars from guns to gay marriage. different sides winning on different fronts i think, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we've got a new poll in the [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? >>> we've got a new poll in the massachusetts
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. >> they want to punish a guy who wasn't even in government when benghazi occurred. you combine that with the lack of civility and you feel like this is a republican party that's like the bad news bears. they cannot pick an issue and prosecute it. at the end of the day they will lose it. it is all for nothing because they don't have the votes to block it. no cabinet level appointee has ever been filibustered. the republicans have at least i think enough of them agreed not to do that. so you wonder what all this ridiculous theater is about. it's certainly not helping the republican brand. >> and, julian, sorry, ryan, to julian's point let me show you these poll numbers. quinnipiac says the president is more trusted on gun policy, immigration, the environment, everything basically, but his lead on foreign policy is a staggering 14 points. what makes republicans think this is a good thing to have a fight over? >> right. up until recently everybody said, look, politics stops at the water's edge, and that hasn't been the case for the last couple years with this republican
. >> they want to punish a guy who wasn't even in government when benghazi occurred. you combine that with the lack of civility and you feel like this is a republican party that's like the bad news bears. they cannot pick an issue and prosecute it. at the end of the day they will lose it. it is all for nothing because they don't have the votes to block it. no cabinet level appointee has ever been filibustered. the republicans have at least i think enough of them agreed not to do that. so...
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. >> i worked in the government for years. there's always a number of people out there, in fact, a good number of them, who have had a problem with a bureaucracy. in this case the l.a. police department, where they have an incident where they feel wronged, aggrieved, and they spend the rest of their lives sometimes simply xeroxing copies of their complaint to everybody they know and then piling up their copies and they spend the rest of their lives trying to deal with something instead of moving on. this is obviously a much more grievous case where a person has been killing people because of this incident where he feels aggrieved. [ inaudible ]. >> i think we're missing -- we're going to have to get a better connection with you. we're going to have to try to get a better connection. we'd like you to come back and tell us -- let's go back to john yang at our bureau in los angeles. john, how long has this been a front page story out there? how long has this been, this manhunt, been a focus of attention? >> this has dominated the
. >> i worked in the government for years. there's always a number of people out there, in fact, a good number of them, who have had a problem with a bureaucracy. in this case the l.a. police department, where they have an incident where they feel wronged, aggrieved, and they spend the rest of their lives sometimes simply xeroxing copies of their complaint to everybody they know and then piling up their copies and they spend the rest of their lives trying to deal with something instead of...
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it's a risky way to govern because it's not direct governing or deal cutting so much as to create pressure. >> we asked a question whether the president made mistakes not reaching out to republicans enough. the response back we got was, no, but we have learned a valuable lesson. we will go out and campaign across america instead of dealing with the people across pennsylvania avenue. it seems to me, and he's president. he got re-elected, he can make that choice. it does seem to me he's decided he's going make a bet the democrats can take back the house in 2014 and maybe he can have at least two years of progress without having to deal with the republican house. >> it's certainly true he hopes that's the case. this complaint from the republican senator to me is totally phony. what republican senator is going to be seen publicly making a deal with president obama? they don't want that. it's very clear they'll go way out of their way not to be seen to be cooperating with the white house because the party spent so much time and effort into demonizing him and making him into a socialist, they re
it's a risky way to govern because it's not direct governing or deal cutting so much as to create pressure. >> we asked a question whether the president made mistakes not reaching out to republicans enough. the response back we got was, no, but we have learned a valuable lesson. we will go out and campaign across america instead of dealing with the people across pennsylvania avenue. it seems to me, and he's president. he got re-elected, he can make that choice. it does seem to me he's...
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i've cut spending, reduced debt and made government more accountable. more recently i've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes. but we can learn about a god of second chances and be the better for it. in that light, i humbly step forward and ask for vur help. i'm mark stanford. >> he announced in january he's going to be running for congress. a lot of people i know for dragging him into the race. in this case it actually happened. and as you know, the guy left with an approval rating close to 60%. how's he doing in this race. >> he's a great politician, and just my instinct is that had his perfect pitch for combining talking about spending fiscal issues, which was what his hallmark was in congress and before as governor, and the re-dempsey, very strong opening spot for a guy in a position to win that seat. >> i can tell you when i was in congress, there was nobody more courageous than mark. i always tell the story where i'm sitting, gingrich's people are yelling at us saying we're going to destroy you guys. we're going to cut every
i've cut spending, reduced debt and made government more accountable. more recently i've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes. but we can learn about a god of second chances and be the better for it. in that light, i humbly step forward and ask for vur help. i'm mark stanford. >> he announced in january he's going to be running for congress. a lot of people i know for dragging him into the race. in this case it actually happened. and as you know, the guy left with...
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most of the governments have it. we are hit by a crisis at the same time we are hit by that. >> the u.s. can borrow at low interest rates, but that becomes a problem. you have tomorrow. probably not. >> hold on. here in is the difference. josh touched on it. we will worry and the people that agree with him in the world say we will worry about this debt when medicare collapses. we can borrow it. i wouldn't allow my child to borrow. you will get interest rates and we can borrow money. joey, does it go up to 3%. this is no way to plan the future or plan for the future in america. >> that mind set that all of a sudden the ceo makes a forecast in january that the deficit will be 140 something billion necessary the year in january. we have no budget on the table and any clear path for the president. let's see what that is. then we can talk about the deficit. >> it can grow the economy. we can grow our way out of the deficits. >> you cannot have a conversation and what's playing here. >> it's an amazing thing. most mammals
most of the governments have it. we are hit by a crisis at the same time we are hit by that. >> the u.s. can borrow at low interest rates, but that becomes a problem. you have tomorrow. probably not. >> hold on. here in is the difference. josh touched on it. we will worry and the people that agree with him in the world say we will worry about this debt when medicare collapses. we can borrow it. i wouldn't allow my child to borrow. you will get interest rates and we can borrow money....
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we seem to govern and do things in this country now by crisis. so when is the debt crisis? if paul krugman's right that it's not coming for a while and this is not the time to address it, when is the moment where we're forced to do something about it? >> the problem is, it's a bit like the parabel of the boiling frog. you turn the heat up and it takes a long time and suddenly the frog realizes he's just gotten boiled. that's the problem. we don't know when that temperature is going to hit boiling point. the markets could wake up and do something one day. i don't think that's the most likely scenario. my guess is the markets allow us to keep going like this. and syme in 2020 or something like that, we suddenly realize we have now $25 trillion in debt. >> there's a meltdown. and of course, krugman's argument is i'm right because it hasn't happened yet. that's like me saying i'm not going to buy life insurance because guess what? i haven't died yet. no, seriously. you know, people have been telling me to get life insurance since i was 25. those fools. because guess what? i'm a
we seem to govern and do things in this country now by crisis. so when is the debt crisis? if paul krugman's right that it's not coming for a while and this is not the time to address it, when is the moment where we're forced to do something about it? >> the problem is, it's a bit like the parabel of the boiling frog. you turn the heat up and it takes a long time and suddenly the frog realizes he's just gotten boiled. that's the problem. we don't know when that temperature is going to hit...
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he went on to say, in order to govern, strength of mind and body are necessary. strengths which in the last few months have deteriorated to meet the extent that i have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. the pope's resignation will take effect on february the 28th. >> mark halperin, saying the last time a pope resigned, 1415. >> 1415. >> i remember that. >> i know. my god. >> much more on that story coming up. we'll be right back. weight watchers online worked for us. we don't argue much. we really don't. meg usually just gets her way, and i go along with it. i think it worked for matt because i did it for him. when i'm the one cooking, i'm the one calculating the points. i can microwave things. you get to eat real food. we still get to go out. we're just so much smarter about it. we can keep each other in check. going, "okay, i see you." we've lost about 110 pounds together. it helped our love life. happy wife, happy life, right? right. [ jennifer ] weight watchers online. the power of weight watchers completely onl
he went on to say, in order to govern, strength of mind and body are necessary. strengths which in the last few months have deteriorated to meet the extent that i have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. the pope's resignation will take effect on february the 28th. >> mark halperin, saying the last time a pope resigned, 1415. >> 1415. >> i remember that. >> i know. my god. >> much more on that story coming up. we'll be...
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and marlene says the state of the union is the best government money can buy. now it's your turn now. write your answer. take a photo of it and submit it to us at facebook.com/msnbc, or share on twitter and instagram. vote for your favorites. coming up, a $1 million bounty is on the head of a california cop killer. the latest on the revenge killing spree is ahead. stay with us. we're right back. king the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ i'm up next, but no
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and marlene says the state of the union is the best government money can buy. now it's your turn now. write your answer. take a photo of it and submit it to us at facebook.com/msnbc, or share on twitter and instagram. vote for your favorites. coming up, a $1 million bounty son the head of a california cop killer. the latest on the revenge killing spree is ahead. stay with us. we're right back. >>> and we are back. roger ailes i think needs to take a good look in the mirror, because in an interview with the new republic, the fox news ceo accuses president obama of what? stirring up hate? now i know where hannity gets his material. his quote is this. the president likes to divide people into groups. he is too busy getting the middle class to hate rich people, blacks to hate whites. he is busy trying to get everybody to hate each other. yes, roger ailes said all of that. the same roger ailes who perfected the dog whistle politics of the southern strategy working for richard nixon. the same roger ailes who built a channel dependent on convincing viewers it's okay t
and marlene says the state of the union is the best government money can buy. now it's your turn now. write your answer. take a photo of it and submit it to us at facebook.com/msnbc, or share on twitter and instagram. vote for your favorites. coming up, a $1 million bounty son the head of a california cop killer. the latest on the revenge killing spree is ahead. stay with us. we're right back. >>> and we are back. roger ailes i think needs to take a good look in the mirror, because in...
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>> the real cost of shrinking government. this idea of cutting the government is always a big abstraction. read this argument and find out what it really means. >> did you have one big take away from that? >> i mentioned it in the first segment. if you have a kid who is benefitting from head start if you happen to be one of these people that flies and stands in line at airports, if you go to national parks, all of those face cutbacks from the sequester. >> robert, how about yours? >> you know how every organization has a new kid on the block. today's "new york times" has a great story on senator from texas about not respecting senatet traditions. it is a must read. >> all three of you guys home runs. have a good one. and that is a wrap of this sunday edition of "weekends with alex witt." up next, "meet the press." have a great day. i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! just begin with america's fa
>> the real cost of shrinking government. this idea of cutting the government is always a big abstraction. read this argument and find out what it really means. >> did you have one big take away from that? >> i mentioned it in the first segment. if you have a kid who is benefitting from head start if you happen to be one of these people that flies and stands in line at airports, if you go to national parks, all of those face cutbacks from the sequester. >> robert, how...
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and marlene says the state of the union is the best government money can buy. now it's your turn now. write your answer. take a photo of it and submit it to us at facebook.com/msnbc, or share on twitter and instagram use tash tagg souts. vote for your favorites. coming up, a $1 million bounty son the head of a california cop killer. the latest on the revenge killing spree is ahead. stay with us. we're right back. [ dad ] ah! lily... she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. and she's not exactly tidy. even if she gets a stain she'll wear it for a week straight. so i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. since i'm the one who has to do the laundry. i do what any expert dad would do. i let her play sheriff. i got 20 minutes to life. you are free to go. [ dad ] tide and downy. great on their own, even better together. bikes and balloons, wholesome noodles on spoons. a kite, a breeze, a dunk of grilled cheese. catches and throws, and spaghettio's. that's what happy kids are made of. campbell's. it's amazing what s
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he said he went to school on government money but is against government. aside from the awkward drink of water, i think his real problem is that it was the wrong night, wrong city. tuesday night in washington, wednesday night in new york. there is a place called the apollo. amateur night on wednesday night at the apollo. >> ouch. that hurt me in the crossfire. lawrence o'donnell. >> it was a major proposal that he kept under a certain wracked by not mentioning the number. he said that he was willing, in this negotiation, to avoid the sequestered and offered to the republicans' medicare cuts. he did not specify an amount, just the same amount that the bulls commission wanted. he suggested arriving at them in very vague ways, one having more affluent seniors play more. there are a variety of ways to do that. one of them, probably were most of the savings would be, to change the nature of medicare payments from a fee-for-service system, which is very reassuring to the patience, to something that he was very vague about but was probably an overall fee for a pa
he said he went to school on government money but is against government. aside from the awkward drink of water, i think his real problem is that it was the wrong night, wrong city. tuesday night in washington, wednesday night in new york. there is a place called the apollo. amateur night on wednesday night at the apollo. >> ouch. that hurt me in the crossfire. lawrence o'donnell. >> it was a major proposal that he kept under a certain wracked by not mentioning the number. he said...